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TO ALL TVI-IOM 1T` M lY CONCERNE` Bc it known that I, E. H. PECK, of'Brownhelm, in the county of' Lorain, and State of Ohio, haveinvented` certain new and useful improvements in Farm Gates; and I do hereby declare thetthe following is a `fullfand completo description thereof, Vreference being hed to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specifica-1 tionyin which- Figure 1 is n side view of the gate when closed. Figure 2 is e view when open. 4 Figures 3 and 4, are detached sections enlarged. Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views. A represents the gate which is hung eceentrically on the centre postB, and upon which it turns in operas' ting, it is hung thus for'tlie purpose of giving a wider passage-way iu order to pi'cservetlxe equilibrium of the i gate. A small chamber lis` formed in the end at the point, a, in which a. Weight `ispluced,` therebymaking a counter-balance; C is u heej'ce connecting the centre-post to the post, b, this brace is secured te theeentre-posthy means of a nut, c, and aait/he removed at pleasure. D is u pedestal upon which the gate rests.` `This pedestal consists ot' two parts, the outside or uppe'r pert,d, forming c cap which fits `down over the inside :or lower part for the purpose hereafter described it is also secured to the b'ottom of' the'gate by the bolt, e5 gld. E, figs. 2 and 3, is the under side or lower part of the pedestal, this is firmly secured to theplatform above which the gute i swings; the'eentre-post, B which is fixed in this platform, extends upward through tho centre of this pedestal; f `is o ange over which the ce'p of the upper part iits down closely; g is c ridge which divides theinclined planes, t

h 2'; jk, are round balls for the purpose hereafter shown. Z m, are shoulders against which the balls rest, n is e notch or depression into which the shoulder,4 a, fig. 4, iits. The manner in which this gate is opera-ted is as follows: When the gate is closed the balls, j and lr, rests against the shoulders, l and m, while the shoulder, o, rests in the notch, n.Y On opening the gate the ball, j, moves up the inclined plane, z', when fully open this ball restent the top of the plane, between that and the side of the shoulder in tho upper part, when released the ball immediately moves down the inclined plane, and being in front of the shoulder, 0,'caijries or pushes that back also, and this shoulder being a part of the gate, it is thereby closed Without the least eort on the part of thc one who passes through when opened in the opposite direction. AThe hall, Ic, moves up thepleneg/l, in .the seme manner as the hall, j, so that the gate can he opened in either direction with equal facility. The object of the oep, d, is to exclude all foreignsubstances, as snow und send, that would interfere with the free movement of the bulls. The objectief the la-nge,f, is to keep the balls from getting out of place. The centre-poet may he attached to the gate and move with it instead of being stationery. i V

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f- Y The cap d, inclined planes h z', and ballsj k, in combination with the centre-pos`t brace C, `and counterbalance gate, as and for the purpose set fort ENOS HPECK. Witnesses:

J. W. Bussines,

El E. WAITE. 

